Independent software & AI studio
Software that ships —
and keeps running.
We design, build, and operate production software and AI systems — for our own products, and for a small number of clients. You talk directly to the engineers doing the work. No hand-offs, no juniors, no slide decks.
What we do
Three ways we work
One studio, one standard of craft — whether we’re building our own products or yours.
Product engineering
Full product builds, from first design to shipped software — web apps, platforms, and internal tools. We take on a small number of builds at a time and deliver working software every week.
Applied AI
AI that survives contact with production: agents, LLM-powered features, and the evals that make them dependable. Plus advisory — architecture, model selection, build-vs-buy — to get from promising pilot to real product.
Build & run
Most shops hand off and disappear. We host, monitor, and keep improving what we build — on your infrastructure or ours — so launch is the beginning, not the end. One retainer, no surprises.
Our products
We run our own software
in production.
Alongside client work, we build our own products — on the same stack, to the same standard, operated the same way. It keeps us honest: every practice we recommend is one we rely on ourselves, in systems we’re on the hook for.
A few are on the bench right now, in development and early access. We’d rather show than tease — ask us and we’ll demo what’s close to launch.
How we work
Deliberately small.
Senior only.
Lustrous Cloud is a small studio on purpose, led by engineers who spent years building at top technology and AI companies. The person you talk to is the person who designs, builds, and runs your software.
When a project needs more hands, we bring in senior specialists we’ve worked with before — never juniors learning on your project, never offshore hand-offs.
Your code, your keys
Client work lives in your repo, on your accounts and infrastructure. No lock-in, no markup on API tokens.
Working software weekly
Progress you can click, every week. Not a roadmap, not a slide deck.
AI-accelerated, senior-reviewed
We use the best AI tooling for speed — and experienced judgement on every line that ships.
Straight terms
Clear scope, honest pricing, no minimum commitment. If a website builder can do the job, we'll tell you.